It is utterly commonplace to read how the conjunction of the brain and mind is just an analog to the ubiquitous computer. In this monist viewpoint the brain is the hardware, the cpu, memory, input and output. The mind is the software, running on the hardware, just logic states. The analogy goes from there, but it fails to consider one major difference. In a real computer, the information is dutifully received, crunched, and then output for external apprehension, cognition, and comprehension. The cpu has no idea of the meaning or even the validity of its work. When finished with its manipulations, it does not stop, reflect, or consider the implications of the results.
In order to make an accurate analogy to the brain-mind, the computer would not output the results. There would be no display screen showing the internal process or results. The results would be considered internally, based on the internal, conscious experience that the results generated. Any output would consist of impressions of the experience along with judgment of the validity of the experience based on internal discernment mechanisms. The experience would be verbally communicated along with emotional reactions; the emotional reactions might dominate, and serve to garble the communication of the experience. Possibly the computer would be stirred to action based on a perception of external needs that should be physically, emotionally or intellectually resolved, and an internally derived and felt responsibility to act toward those ends. The computer would then input for itself the pertinent circumstances surrounding the perceived needs, and derive a plan for action to serve the needs.
However, the computer might decide that serving the perceived needs might be too much trouble, therefore it might reassert sleep mode. Or it might fear injury to itself that would outweigh the benefit to the needy. Or it might just wish to hide and blame its demonstrable cowardice on the motherboard in the mainframe. This sequence of internal-only noncongruent experiences might prove traumatic, and so the cpu might become depressed and continually reset itself, possibly even self-destructing by attracting static discharge to itself. This turn of events would cause instability among other, related computers on the local area network (LAN-family), causing further, secondary cpu depression, misdirected anger and related defects, including blame redirection toward each other.
Since all of the computers function by internal experience only, the outputs would become cryptic, misleading, or non-existent, requiring an analyst to deduce the layers of traumatic and post-traumatic disorders (which each computer would try to conceal due to embarrassment).
In the final analysis, many, if not all computers on the LAN-family would begin to mistrust each other and become annoyed at the disproportionate allocation of resources, resources each feels it deserves, certainly more than the others do. Consequently, the LAN would grow uncomfortably silent, and none of the computers would share their internal experiences with any of the other members of the LAN-family.
The analyst might conclude that certain of the cpu’s should not be allowed around the other cpu’s, and petition the master server cpu for an order of non-communication with this particular disturbed member of the LAN-family. Occasionally a disturbed cpu will have to be physically removed, and taken away for a period of readjustment, including forcibly removing certain error prone analytic and contemplative components. In severe cases, permanent disabling might be prescribed by the analyst. This is accomplished with a humongous magnet. Recovery is possible in some cases, by re-installing the personality software, the analytic module, the consciousness chip set, and the emotional blocks. Long term memories will, of course, be lost altogether, unless initially stored externally to the individual frame, and reinstalled slowly as the cpu recovers and reacclimates to it’s new personality and other attributes.
Meanwhile the original non-functional cpu can be stripped of certain parts which would be placed into waiting cpu’s to replace their defective components. These cpu’s will, for the most part, be very grateful for their chance to resume duty, and especially grateful for static electricity, which they now avoid.
Of singular interest, because it is a singularity, is the single event of upgrading the motherboard to grandmotherboard. This event can place the cpu into an ever-increasing audio strange-loop, with the audio output increasing thus: "oh! Oh! OH!....etc". This condition can cause over-heating as the fan cavitates due to increased RPM's attempting to accommodate the temperature rise due to the stress of Joy Mode and abnormal audio output. Failing to self-limit, the cpu can under-aspirate and go into temporary shut-down (faint mode). Recovery is virtually certain, although joy-induced overheating can continue for prolonged periods.
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